My money is on a serious horse race. We’re going to see dozens of ridings with vote spreads of less than 1000 votes between winner and 2nd place. Final results? UPDATE: I just realised (after the election) that my predictions add up wrong! there are only 308 seats… mine add up to 324! So I …
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If you’re a Canadian — Vote!
If you’re not you should too.. but in your own country. 😉 Polls are open TOMORROW, Monday January 23rd, ONLY. (there has been a bogus email making the rounds saying otherwise… pay no attention to it) The polls are open from 7:00AM – 7:00PM in BC (PST). The polls are open from 7:30AM – 7:30PM …
New Algorithm that detects political “spin”
The New Scientist website has an interesting article talking about political “spin”… and a new algorithm developed to tell who’s doing the most. The algorithm, which was originally developed to analyze the US Presidential candidates during the last election, has been applied to the Liberal, Conservative and NDP leaders. The results are perhaps predictable, but …
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